Health

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with Jill Wallace and Rhea Hayes, two organizers of this week’s series of workshops on soul exhaustion, suicide prevention, and launching the new Kodiak Reentry program. You can find details for the workshops on their Facebook page: Kodiak Reentry. Listen to their talk here:

There’s a new partnership to monitor Kodiak Island beaches for harmful algal blooms, which spread marine toxins like Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning. Academic, federal, and tribal entities are working to better understand which waters are most susceptible to the toxins.   The project’s partners held a presentation about what they hope to find on Near Island in a building owned by …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with Payton Callahan and Mikylla Madamba, organizers of the Kodiak Youth Sexual Health Initiative about their program and goals. You can check out their services at their Instagram: @kyshi_ak Listen here:

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with Ellamy Tiller, Outreach Coordinator for KWRCC, and Danielle Butts, Family Services Coordinator for KANA, about the Choose Respect March. The Choose Respect March will take place Wednesday, March 27. Meet at the Auditorium parking lot at noon, and march with the community to end the epidemic of domestic …

Arctic Care, a U.S. military operation that brings medical experts to underserved communities in Alaska, is making its way back to Kodiak this year. The military group is once again partnering with the Kodiak Area Native Association to bring no-cost healthcare to the archipelago’s communities. Kodiak has a strong military presence, with a Coast Guard Base, an Alaska Army National …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin discusses this year’s Arctic Care program with: Captain David Falcon, Arctic Care Mission Officer in Charge (OIC) Dave Abildgaard, Chief of Current Operations Division, Air National Guard Readiness Center at Joint Base Andrews Nichole Miles, VP of Public Affairs, Kodiak Area Native Association (KANA) Listen here:

The only resident veterinarian in Kodiak has her last day at the local clinic Mar. 1. Pet parents need not worry though, as KMXT’s Brian Venua reports, the clinic will still be business as usual, as rotating vets will fill the gap until the next resident doctor arrives in June.  Dr. Emily Iacobucci is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and …

The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is moving forward with repairs at the island’s hospital. Assembly members approved more funds for updates to the Kodiak Island Medical Center at a meeting last week on Feb. 15. Regional healthcare provider Providence, operates out of the medical center but the borough owns the building. Designs to update the sterile processing department, which involves …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with Thia Falcone and Jill Wallace about a series of workshops on addiction and recovery hosted by Kodiak Reentry and Kodiak Area Mentor Program. The workshops take place every Saturday, from 11:30-1:00pm at KAMP’s office. Listen here:

The Alaska Legislative Session started Jan. 16 and Kodiak’s delegation has already introduced a slew of bills on the floor.  According to the Alaska Beacon, Representative Louise Stutes has three bills in the house as well as one house concurrent resolution so far.  HB 18 would have the state help create nonprofit regional fishing cooperatives with the goal to develop …